Our Training Facilities

Residents and students have the opportunity to work with and learn about advanced equipment and therapies as part of their clinical training in our leading-edge, Feinberg-affiliated, clinical facilities. Therapies and devices used at these Northwestern Medicine care sites include:

• Low-dose rate brachytherapy
• High-dose rate brachytherapy
• Hyperthermia
• Elekta Gamma Knife which provides automated patient positioning within the unit
• Linear accelerators (linacs) that deliver x-ray beams (4 MV to 18 MV) and electron beams (6 MeV to 20 MeV)-Five
• 3D, 4D and Image guided/ treatment capabilities
• Treatment planning systems
  • ADAC Pinnacle system (external beam therapy)
  • Nucletron PlATO system (HDR treatments)
  • Prowess workstation (prostate seed implants and LDR brachytherapy)
  • Elekta GammaPlan workstation